Editing Dan Castellaneta (section)

===Early career===
Castellaneta began his acting career after his graduation from [[Northern Illinois University]] in 1979.<ref name="The Age"/> He decided that if his career went nowhere he would still have a chance to try something else.<ref name="The Age"/> He began taking [[Improvisational theatre|improvisation]] classes, where he met his future wife [[Deb Lacusta]]. He started to work at [[The Second City]], an improvisational theatre in [[Chicago]], in 1983 and continued to work there until 1987.<ref name="matthau"/> During this period, he did voice-over work with his wife for various radio stations.<ref name="The Age"/>

He auditioned for a role in ''[[The Tracey Ullman Show]]'' and his first meeting underwhelmed [[Tracey Ullman]] and the other producers. Ullman decided to fly to Chicago to watch Castellaneta perform. His performance that night was about a [[Visual impairment|blind]] man who tries to become a comedian and Ullman later recalled that although there were flashier performances that night, Castellaneta made her cry. She was impressed and Castellaneta was hired.<ref name="matthau"/>